Vice President’s oldest son dies of brain cancer at age 46

Beau Biden, elder son of Vice President Joe Biden and the former attorney general of Delaware, died Saturday after battling brain cancer. He was 46.

Mr. Biden, an Army officer and married father of two, was a rising star in the Democratic Party and was expected to run for governor next year in Delaware. But a series of health issues had clouded his political future as the Biden family privately dealt with his prognosis.

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